Kim Pilling
UK
Kate joins celebration as young mother marks end of chemotherapy treatment
The ceremony came as a welcome surprise for patient Claire Lorente, her partner Pablo and son Enzo.
By Kim Pilling
4 Jun 2026
Business News
Arrest warrant issued for former Co-op boss Paul Flowers
It came as he failed to attend court on Wednesday.
By Kim Pilling
8 Nov 2023
Crime
Families deserve answers at inquiry into Letby’s ‘horrific crimes’, says Barclay
The Health Secretary has published the inquiry’s terms of reference.
By Kim Pilling
19 Oct 2023
Crime
CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told
Prosecutors say Laura Langley, 37, squeezed her seven-week-old daughter Edith to death at their home in Blackpool.
By Kim Pilling
19 Oct 2023
Crime
Force used to cause baby’s rib injuries was ‘way beyond rough play’, jury told
Laura Langley, 37, is accused of murdering her daughter Edith by inflicting ‘terrible injuries’.
By Kim Pilling
17 Oct 2023
UK
Woman ‘critical’ in hospital as Manchester bus crash driver arrested
Police, fire and ambulance crews were dispatched after reports of the incident in Piccadilly Gardens.
By Kim Pilling
16 Oct 2023
UK
One person seriously hurt and nine others in hospital after Manchester bus crash
Police, fire and ambulance crews were dispatched after reports of the incident in Piccadilly Gardens.
By Kim Pilling
16 Oct 2023
UK
Bus crashes into Manchester city centre shop
Police, fire and ambulance crews were dispatched after reports of the incident in Piccadilly Gardens
By Kim Pilling
16 Oct 2023
Crime
Murder-accused mother ‘squeezed baby girl to death’, jury told
Seven-week-old Edith Langley, from Blackpool, sustained 33 fractures, with virtually all her ribs broken, Preston Crown Court has been told.
By Kim Pilling
12 Oct 2023
Crime
American boxing trainer spared jail after bringing gun into UK
McIntyre admitted unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Kim Pilling
9 Oct 2023
Crime
Drugs regime at hospital unit ‘open to abuse by any member of staff so minded’
Nurse Catherine Hudson, 54, was convicted of drugging patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit to ‘keep them quiet and compliant’.
By Kim Pilling
5 Oct 2023
Crime
Nurse found guilty of ill-treating hospital stroke unit patients
Catherine Hudson, 54, drugged two patients for an ‘easy life’ during shifts at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
By Kim Pilling
5 Oct 2023
UK
Wanted sex offender arrested and recalled to prison
Lancashire Constabulary had appealed for information on the whereabouts of Stephen Pennington.
By Kim Pilling
2 Oct 2023
UK
One seriously injured and nearly 50 ‘assessed’ after school bus M53 crash
The incident involved an overturned coach near Hooton, Cheshire.
By Kim Pilling
29 Sept 2023
UK
Motorway closed after accident involving school bus
Emergency services were called after reports of an overturned coach on the M53 in Cheshire.
By Kim Pilling
29 Sept 2023
Crime
Nurse Lucy Letby to face retrial on allegation she tried to murder baby girl
The 33-year-old will face trial on an alleged incident which is said to have taken place in February 2016.
By Kim Pilling
25 Sept 2023Crime
Nurse who denies unlawfully sedating patients is a ‘complete fraud’, jury told
Catherine Hudson, 54, is accused of drugging patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit with unprescribed sleeping pills.
By Kim Pilling
20 Sept 2023
Crime
Date set for retrial decision on serial killer nurse Lucy Letby
The jury of seven women and four men could not reach verdicts on some of the allegations against Letby
By Kim Pilling
7 Sept 2023
Crime
Baby murderer Lucy Letby to spend rest of her life in jail for ‘evil’ crimes
She was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working in the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
By Kim Pilling
21 Aug 2023
Crime
Letby victim was buried in gown chosen as gift by killer nurse
Mother of victim said she felt ‘sickened’ by the decision
By Kim Pilling
21 Aug 2023
Crime
Killer nurse Letby has destroyed our lives, say parents of murdered triplets
The deaths in June 2016 were the ‘tipping point’ for consultants who suspected Letby was to blame.
By Kim Pilling
21 Aug 2023